It’s Not Money that Makes Us Happy
A while ago a good friend of mine gave me a book, The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton, in it there was a piece about Epicurus, a greek philosopher who proclaimed (already over 2000 years ago) that it isn’t money which makes us happy, but that the key things to happiness are Friends, Freedom, Time for Reflection and the Basics.
Was reading a blog today by Mark Boyle, the founder of The Freeconomy Community, seems they are implementing some of these ideas today, worth taking a look at.
Rubber Dragon goes Twitter
Our Twitter account finally comes alive. Testing it out to see how it works as an online promotion tool. http://twitter.com/rubberdragon
Thinking in Education
One would think that thinking in education is something that goes without saying, but of course there are different approaches to thinking and learning about how we think and using tools to help us think is a whole field of science in itself. Kestrel Education are a consultancy offering training, support and guidance to enable schools to build a culture that supports quality thinking and independent learning. The website was designed in cooperation with another designer and built with a content management system to allow an administrator to easily edit content and add new workshops, training events and locations.
Kestrel offer a ground breaking approach to teaching thinking tools and strategies to students.Visit the website to find out more about thinking skills.
